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spirant

[ spahy-ruhnt ]

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noun

spirant

/ ˈspaɪrənt /

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Origin of spirant¹

1865–70; < Latin spīrant- (stem of spīrāns, present participle of spīrāre to breathe); spirit, -ant

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Origin of spirant¹

C19: from Latin spīrāns breathing, from spīrāre to breathe

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When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w.

Spirant, spī′rant, n. a consonant which is fricative or continuable—opp.

Spirant, v like the ou in French oui, but later approximating to the w heard in some parts of Germany, Ed.

In twien b 210 from twiga the spirant has disappeared, as in monie b 168.

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